Field Notes – September 2016

Fall is finally just around the corner, but we’re casting one eye back over our shoulder to summer, when the crew of OSU’s popular TV program “Oklahoma Gardening” visited the Kerr Center to film two short segments, which aired last month.

One covers the Kerr Center’s office landscape pollinator plantings. The other takes a look at the different elderberry varieties growing in the Cannon Horticulture Plots. Both are available for viewing free online. Please have a look!

If you’re planning on planting cool season legumes in pastures, the time is upon us. Our free publication, “Pasture Legumes: Establishment and Management,” is a tried-and-true resource for that activity. (Hint for gardeners: the same principles apply for cool season legumes as cover crops!)

But before diving into those offerings, join David Redhage for a look at an aspect of farming and ranching operations that’s as often overlooked as it is crucial: safety.

It’s October, when spooky decorations are everywhere you look. In keeping with the season, in this issue we’re talking about some of the scariest things in agriculture. David Redhage starts us off with a tough…